Movie Monday
Monday, August 30, 1:30 p.m.
The Exiles (1961, 72 min) chronicles one night in the lives of young American Indian men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, the legacy of the federal government’s policy of relocating Indians from reservations to urban areas.

Movie Monday
Monday, September 13, 1:30 p.m.
Tallchief (57 min, 2007). This documentary of Osage ballet dancer Maria Tallchief's life and art includes her childhood days in Fairfax, Oklahoma, as well as her move to Los Angeles to study with Madame Nijinska and her early days in New York City with the Ballet Russe. The film captures the growth of ballet in America as shown by Tallchief's own rise to fame in original roles created for her by George Balanchine.

Movie Monday
Monday, September 20, 1:30 p.m.
Water Flowing Together (2007, 79 min) chronicles the life of Jock Soto, Navajo, as he prepares to retire from a stellar 24-year career as a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet. Soto’s journey home to reconnect with the culture he left behind is also explored.

Movie Monday
Monday, October 4, 1:30 p.m.
Chiefs (2002, 87 min). This documentary follows a team of American Indian teens from Wyoming Indian High School on the Wind River Indian Reservation as they strive to recapture the state basketball championship while battling against poverty, alcoholism, drugs and racism.

Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community
Thursday, October 7, 7 p.m.
Dr. Kathryn Shanley, Assiniboine, of the University of Montana will speak about "'Mapping' Indigenous Futures: Creating a Native Voice in Higher Education." Free and open to the public.

Movie Monday
Monday, October 11, 1:30 p.m.
Lady Warriors (2002, 90 min). Follow the Tuba City High School girl's cross-country running team, the Lady Warriors, during their pursuit of an unprecedented fourth consecutive Arizona State Cross-Country Championship in 2000.

Heard Guild Presents … Gregory McNamee
Tuesday, October 12, 1:30 p.m.
Gregory McNamee, an author and writing instructor at the University of Arizona, will speak about “The Opening of the Frontier and the Closing of the West.” Free and open to the public.

Movie Monday
Monday, October 18, 1:30 p.m.
When Your Hands Are Tied (56 min, 2006) explores the unique ways in which young Native people are finding to express themselves in the contemporary world while maintaining strong traditional lives.

Heard Guild Meeting
Wednesday, October 20, 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Letitia Chambers, director of the Heard Museum, will speak about the “New Direction for the Heard Museum.” Free and open to the public.

Glass Lecture: “A Brief History of the Studio Glass Movement”
Sunday, October 24, 2 p.m.
Hear as Tom Philabaum, owner of Philabaum Glass Gallery in downtown Tucson, speaks about his work and the history of the Studio Glass Movement. Philabaum opened The Glass Studio at the Sonoran Art Foundation, which is dedicated to the education and appreciation of glass.

Movie Mondays
Monday, October 25, 1:30 p.m.
Turquoise Rose (2007, 94 min) is a coming-of-age story that follows a Native American college student named Turquoise Rose as she begrudgingly forgoes a trip to Europe with her friends to return to the Navajo Reservation and take care of her ailing grandmother.